Download or read book Sports Card Collecting Investing For Dummies written by Geoff Wilson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a part of the growing sports card trading community Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies will teach you how to start or resume collecting, how to trade, sell, grade, and protect your cards. This is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read breakdown of the sports card hobby and its many nuances. You’ll learn the basics and get up to speed on the recent influx of new brands, companies, investors, influencers, and technologies that have completely reshaped the community. The popularity of sports cards as an alternative investment is at an all-time high, and this Dummies guide helps you budget and make smart trades. The anatomy of a sports card, spotting card damage, grading scales, buying safely, using trusted marketplaces, building your collection, pricing and selling your cards, avoiding scams—it’s all in here. Become a savvy card collector, the easy way. Learn the ins and outs of trading sports cards as a collector and an investor Determine the value of your cards and discover where to find rare deals Stay safe while buying and selling from local dealers, with online marketplaces, and at in-person events Become a part of the collector community Beginners of all ages who want to start (or resume) collecting sports cards can find all the must-know info in the pages of Sports Card Collecting & Investing For Dummies.
Download or read book Trading Cards Collecting written by Jace Bennet and published by Efalon Acies. This book was released on 2023-09-27 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the captivating world of trading cards! Whether you're a curious newcomer or a seasoned collector looking to deepen your knowledge, this book is your gateway to the thrilling universe of trading card collecting. Trading cards have been enchanting enthusiasts for generations. They're not just pieces of cardboard; they're portals to a universe of history, culture, sports, entertainment, and strategy. With each card, you hold a piece of nostalgia, a slice of pop culture, or a fragment of your favorite athlete's journey. The allure of trading cards lies in their ability to transport us back to memorable moments, spark our imaginations, and connect us with a vibrant community of like-minded individuals.
Download or read book A Kid s Guide to Collecting Baseball Cards written by Casey Childress and published by Harbinger House. This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains to kids how to start, build, and care for a baseball card collection.
Download or read book The Great American Baseball Card Flipping Trading and Bubble Gum Book written by Brendan C. Boyd and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflections on collecting baseball cards in childhood accompany remarks on the skills and achievements of players whose pictures were found in bubble gum packages
Download or read book Pokemon Cards written by Ryan Majeske and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-11-13 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pokemon Palooza! How much is your childhood obsession with Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur worth? Find out with Pokemon Cards: The Unofficial Ultimate Collector's Guide. Filled with 8,000 Trading Card Game cards and values, this must-have reference is packed with all 73 current TCG expansion sets, every ultra rare and secret rare cards (GX, EX, 1st Edition, and more) and checklists for every expansion set. Also included: expert tips for collecting and investing from the star of YouTube's PrimetimePokemon, author Ryan Majeske. Inside you'll discover TCG cards hotter than Charmander's flaming tail, including the rarest and most valuable card on the secondary market: a Pikachu illustrator card worth $54,000! Enjoy the thrill of the hunt, the memories and the excitement of the worldwide phenomenon that is Pokemon.
Download or read book Got Em Got Em Need Em written by Stephen Laroche and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a hundred years, kids of all ages have enjoyed the thrill of collecting sports cards. Whether it was souvenirs from their parents’ cigarette packs, pieces that came in bubble gum packages, or the modern dazzlers, the simple formula of pictures and text on cardboard have been a part of North American society for over a century. Now, take a look back at one of the most popular hobbies in history with Got ’Em, Got ’Em, Need ’Em. Covering baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and golf, this unique book offers a look at the greatest sports cards ever produced, including the players and personalities involved. Relive the days gone by with some of the industry’s most well-known experts as we count down the best from the business. Plus, as a special bonus, take a look at the best innovations, the worst blunders, and a special tribute to the hobby’s boom era in the 1990s.
Download or read book Collecting Basketball Cards written by Tom Owens and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleer/Skybox, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment says, "We sell more basketball cards than anything else". They added that before the 1994 baseball strike, baseball cards dominated 65% of the hobby market, but since that time basketball has taken over. He tells young readers how to start a collection, and how to intelligently build a collection without getting ripped off in a complicated marketplace. He adds information on how to use the internet to collect cards as well as how to grade cards in order to determine their worth.
Download or read book A House of Cards written by John Bloom and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Collecting Sports Legends written by Joe Orlando and published by Zyrus Press. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide takes the reader on a historical journey, providing an in-depth look at the icons of sport, captured through their greatest collectibles. Composed by the leading experts in the field, never before has one book covered such a variety of hobby subjects. For those interested in building a fine collection of sports memorabilia, from baseball cards to autographs to game-used bats, each subject is covered in great detail. Within each chapter, the best of the best has been selected by the experts. Whether you are a hardcore collector or just an avid sports fan, this book not only helps bring the legends of sport to life but it provides crucial tips on how to assemble a world class collection. From Babe Ruth to Tiger Woods, from Wilt Chamberlain to Joe Namath, every major sport is covered. This book contains hundreds of sports memorabilia images, including many of the finest examples in the world.
Download or read book How to Collect Sports Cards written by Paul W. White and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "must read" for all sports card collectors! Whether your sports card collection contains a vast array of valuable rookie cards and autographs featuring superstars like Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan. Or your collecting habits are focused more on the sports cards that showcase your favorite team or players. How To Collect Sports Cards For Fun and Profit is loaded with all kinds of information that will enhance your sports card collecting whether you do it as a hobby or a business. Sponsored by 3starhockey.com. Sports historian Paul White has collected sports cards for almost fifty years. In the last twenty five years he has earned a reputation as a highly-respected sports card vendor. This book provides everything that you need to know about the great hobby of sports card collecting. For instance, you will learn how to store your sports card collection safely (White even tells you the proper temperature and humidity levels for your collection!) In the pages of this book you will learn about grading your sports cards. There are collecting tips about interesting and unique subset ideas. As well there is information about the many different types of sports cards including baseball cards, football cards, golf cards, hockey cards and more. Buying and trading sports cards can be a lot of fun and the author provides you with lots of ways to make you trip to sports card shows even better! White is a sports historian (this is his fifth sports book), so you can expect to find stories about the history of sports cards. For instance, do you know which football player is featured on the rarest of all football cards? This book also features some great pictures of sports cards from various sports and trading card companies from across the decades. How To Collect Sports Cards For Fun and Profit will not only educate you about the great hobby of sports card collecting but you will also find it thoroughly entertaining.
Download or read book Getting Started in Card Collecting written by Sports Collectors Digest and published by Krause Publications. This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SCD staff shows you what to save, how to buy, where to purchase, how to store, when to sell and what to avoid. Give someone this book along with a couple of wax packs and you'll likely start a love affair with sport and entertainment card collecting.
Download or read book Sports Card Collector 101 written by Beto Salinas and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-05-02 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you on the hunt for an exciting new hobby that is also a potential investment in your future?Perhaps you used to collect cards in your childhood, and with a sense of nostalgia you are looking for new cards that you can collect as an adult. Maybe you already have an idea of what is involved in sports card collection, but you want to know which cards you should be collecting, why you should be collecting them, and where to find them. Or you might be completely new to collecting sports cards, and you want to make sure you have all of the information you need to make a knowledgeable and positive start to your collection. Lucky for you, Sports Card Collector 101 is jam-packed full of all of the content you could possibly desire to kick-start your collection on the right foot. With useful tips and tricks for hitting the ground running, you will start your collection the right way! As with collecting any types of cards, it is essential that you understand which cards carry the most value, and which ones are the rarest to find. This will influence how you go about making trades with your friends, and the care and attention that you will give to each of your cards. You may already be aware of the potential that card collection has for profits in the future. This book will show you how to make sure your cards remain at the highest value possible, giving you the best chance of your investment paying off. Inside Sports Card Collector 101, discover: The world of sports card collecting The top selling cards of all time for each major sport The different sports card brands available to you The various types of sports card collections The importance of grading cards How to buy and sell sports cards Where to buy and sell sports cards Sports card terminology And much, much more! This book is your bible for collecting sports cards. There is no time like the present! Grab a copy of Sports Card Collector 101 and start your collection today!
Download or read book Artist Trading Card Workshop written by Bernie Berlin and published by North Light Books. This book was released on 2006-12-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create and swap mini works of art! The simple act of sharing 2½ x 3½ pieces of art, known as Artist Trading Cards, knows no boundaries and brings like-souls together like no other form of communication can. Unique statements, passionate emotions and favorite interests can all be expressed in these miniature works of art that are always traded, never sold. Artist Trading Cards Workshop will not only teach you how to create your own cards, combining one or more of the 25+ techniques demonstrated in step-by-step photos, it will also share the ins and outs of trading, finding and organizing card swaps and how to trade with others across the miles or even the continents. Discover ways to create colorful collage backgrounds, make cards from fabric, incorporate painting, stamping, phone book pages, tissue paper, string, stencils and much more—all is revealed in step-by-step photos, but that's not all. You'll also: Learn the ins and outs of trading—where to look, what to swap. Find creative ways to store the cards you'll soon be collecting. Be inspired by the cards from 60 talented contributors and over 200 beautiful cards. Become a part of the world-wide phenomenon that starts with Artist Trading Cards Workshop, and share a piece of yourself today! Create. Collect. Swap.
Download or read book Little Big Leaguers written by Bruce M. Nash and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book features inspirational, heartwarming, funny and always upbeat stories about 45 major leaguers in their formative playing years from Little League through high school. Each story is accompanied by a photograph of each player as he appeared then and as he appears today.
Download or read book Collecting Baseball Cards written by Thomas S. Owens and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides standards for grading the condition of cards, descriptions of rare cards, tips for cyber-collecting, and hints for hobby shows.
Download or read book Topps Baseball Cards written by Frank Slocum and published by Warner Books (NY). This book was released on 1985 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of baseball cards organized by year with player statistics and information on teams. Includes quizzes on the sport and the cards.
Download or read book Mint Condition written by Dave Jamieson and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An entertaining history of baseball cards . . . An engaging book on a narrow but fascinating topic.” —The Washington Post When award-winning journalist Dave Jamieson’s parents sold his childhood home a few years ago, he rediscovered a prized boyhood possession: his baseball card collection. Now was the time to cash in on the “investments” of his youth. But all the card shops had closed, and cards were selling for next to nothing online. What had happened? In Mint Condition, his fascinating, eye-opening, endlessly entertaining book, Jamieson finds the answer by tracing the complete story of this beloved piece of American childhood. Picture cards had long been used for advertising, but after the Civil War, tobacco companies started slipping them into cigarette packs as collector’s items. Before long, the cards were wagging the cigarettes. In the 1930s, cards helped gum and candy makers survive the Great Depression. In the 1960s, royalties from cards helped transform the baseball players association into one of the country’s most powerful unions, dramatically altering the game. In the eighties and nineties, cards went through a spectacular bubble, becoming a billion-dollar-a-year industry before all but disappearing, surviving today as the rarified preserve of adult collectors. Mint Condition is charming, original history brimming with colorful characters, sure to delight baseball fans and collectors. “Jamieson explores the history of card collecting through an entertaining cast of characters . . . For anyone who can recall being excited to rip open their newest pack of cards, Mint Condition is a treat.” —Forbes
